Jack Yan continues Lucire’s look at Moda Barcelona, with some of the most varied inspirations of any fashion week

PHOTOGRAPHED BY JOMA GARCÍA I GISBERT

Cristóbal Vidal
Cristóbal Vidal had one of the stronger conceptual foundations at Pasarela Gaudí. He questioned masculine dress as Lucire’s Phillip D. Johnson recently did (see ‘Bravehearts: Men in Skirts’), showing that the question over whether men can wear skirts—or the male unbifurcated garment—is not solely American.
   Vidal studied seventeenth-century absolutism and eighteenth-century asceticism for this season—which translates to regal, athletic styles. Not only was it a return to skirts for men, but lace, too. However, for those who might not branch into Scots regalia as Vidal showed, there was a pinstriped, double-breasted suit which again focused on angles and sharp lines. His women’s designs were, curiously, simple, against the backdrop of aristocracy and religion.
   Colours were principally black and white with wools and cottons, though navies did appear to suit the regal mood.

Nekane Le Frik
Nekane Le Frik’s flights of fancy took audiences into a fantasy world with peacock feathers, a parody of a flamenco skirt, padded coats and a Barbie princess walking a dog. This bridged costume with fashion, the colours purposely garish on the premise that it’s the madness that holds the fabric of life together.

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ABOVE AND LEFT: Nekane Le Frik’s flights of fancy. TOP: Cristóbal Vidal.

Nekane Le Frik bridged costume with fashion, the colours purposely garish on the premise that it’s the madness that holds the fabric of life together